Calvin45
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I hear they're equally common in rural Australia haha.You know how I know you're Canadian? 303 British.
I hear they're equally common in rural Australia haha.You know how I know you're Canadian? 303 British.
My grandfather fought in WW1 from 1916 till the Armistice. My dad told me that my grandfather despised the Ross and said that it killed more Canadians than the Germans in the war.Have 2 - 303. Enfield I think its a Mk3. Haven't looked in ages and a Ross sporter 303. Both saw action in WW2.
I've also heard that there was some dimensional differences in ammo made in different plants in the the original .280 Ross cartridge that could result in the weapon either not being able to chamber a round or causing big problems if it did. More over it wasn't idiot proof. It was very possible to re-assemble a Ross rifle incorrectly and still chamber and fire…uh oh!I think most of the problems with the Ross were due to the sudden and dramatic ramp up of production and the complete lack of quality control. From what I remember my dad saying is that the straight pull bolt wouldn't seat properly and then that bolt would take out the unfortunate soldier who was attempting to shoot the gun.
All that said I believe this was the main rifle Francis Pegahmabow used when he was sniping in WW1.
Amen to everything you stated.Awesome to see someone knows about Francis Pegamagabow (probably spelled wrong sorry)
Lol he should've known or looked, you can clearly see the primer in good lightMy dad was a reloader and he got a deal on some 303 British surplus ammo. Shot a bunch of it off and went to reload it. Snap went the de-priming pin. They were Berdan primers. I think that box of ammo is still in my brother's garage somewhere.
Only missed it by one letter, Calvin: There's an "H" between the first "A" & the"M".Awesome to see someone knows about Francis Pegamagabow (probably spelled wrong sorry)
Also accredited with 300 enemy combatants captured, one of only 30-something Canadians awarded the MM w/2 bars. Probably would have been awarded 3 bars had he not been an Indigenous Canadian. He also was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and was nominated for the Distinguished Conduct Medal but it was "downgraded" no doubt due to the rampant racism of the time.Canadian war hero, the most prolific Allied sniper of world war 1 with 378 kills attributed to him.
Well and at that point CANADA was much more rural…more people familiar with firearms and knowing how to use them.Likewise and did... must be something in the water with Canadians being good snipers!!!